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jay carney, welcome to the show. tell me where we are with all of this. is it inevitable that you will have to sit down, your man, the president, and speaker boehner and just thrash out a deal? >> well, piers, what is inevitable is that congress has the responsibility to fund the government, to pass bills that keep the government open. and congress has the responsibility to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling so that the united states does not for the first time in its history default on its obligations. you know, the president's position is clear. he has been all year and continues to be eager and willing to sit down with lawmakers of both parties to work out a longer and broader budget compromise. it funds our priorities, invests in our future and reduces our deficit, continuing the work that he's done since he took office in reducing the deficit by more than half. but what he won't do is negotiate under threat of shutdown or threat of default. you know, the republicans are engaging in a practice here that's bad for the economy, bad for the middle cla
jay carney, welcome to the show. tell me where we are with all of this. is it inevitable that you will have to sit down, your man, the president, and speaker boehner and just thrash out a deal? >> well, piers, what is inevitable is that congress has the responsibility to fund the government, to pass bills that keep the government open. and congress has the responsibility to pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling so that the united states does not for the first time in its history default...
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we will bring it to you live when jay carney comes out there on the dais. the suspense is killing us because the white house is considering a plan from house republicans that could provide a way out of the mess in which we find ourselves. within the last few minutes we learned that president obama and speaker john boehner spoke on the telephone, according to boehner's spokesman, and agreed -- wait for it -- to keep talking. the house gop plan would raise the debt ceiling for six weeks in exchange for further budget talks and with any hope, clear the air for discussion on reopening the government. it's been 11 days now since the government partially shut down, sending more than 400,000 federal workers on furlough. at last count. and disrupting services, and no pressure here, but we will also be hitting the debt ceiling on thursday, at which the government will not have all the money to pay all its bills. the house is not expected to vote today on the gop plan to raise the debt limit in the short term. now we're hearing this weekend, perhaps. earlier in the d
we will bring it to you live when jay carney comes out there on the dais. the suspense is killing us because the white house is considering a plan from house republicans that could provide a way out of the mess in which we find ourselves. within the last few minutes we learned that president obama and speaker john boehner spoke on the telephone, according to boehner's spokesman, and agreed -- wait for it -- to keep talking. the house gop plan would raise the debt ceiling for six weeks in...
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we heard jay carney say that. the chances of that happening are next to zero because you can prioritize your payments. defaulting on debt means the u.s. government would mott not make an interest payment on a u.s. treasury. highly unlikely. the other thing is if you pay that rate, if it were eve on the happen, that is not default. and for investors to suddenly sell u.s. treasuries because there's going to be a three-day payment late, highly unlikely. not many other choices in the world. >> jon, is that true? the conventional wisdom is you miss a payment, you default, our credit rating gets downgraded. >> being late on a payment -- >> i'm not saying you're wrong. >> it's not a default. if you lost your house after not paying your mortgage for three days but you suddenly paid it, they'd say that's a default. i mean is that what you're talking about? you lost your house after paying late three days? >> i just want jon's take on that. >> i agree with michelle this word default gets used very loosely in washington. if
we heard jay carney say that. the chances of that happening are next to zero because you can prioritize your payments. defaulting on debt means the u.s. government would mott not make an interest payment on a u.s. treasury. highly unlikely. the other thing is if you pay that rate, if it were eve on the happen, that is not default. and for investors to suddenly sell u.s. treasuries because there's going to be a three-day payment late, highly unlikely. not many other choices in the world....
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jay carney said that would be giving in to more ransom and something interesting jay carney said during the briefing, anderson, the white house does not want a six-week like increase in the debt ceiling because they feel like that will bring this process, essentially to the point where the nation might be on the edge of default around the holiday shopping season. they don't want that. it's a critical came for the economy. you heart the president's position is basically the same. he wants clean bills to open the government and raise the nation's debt ceiling. they aren't even using the word negotiate at this point, anderson. they said they are talking and listening g listening, they are not looking for the white puff of smoke coming out of the capitol, they are looking for the white flag of surrenderer. >> jay carney using surrenderer. thank you for the updates. >>> the talk and efforts to nominate the gop brand are taking place at the same time and gathering of hard liners and the values voter summit today in washington. listen. >> and i have to tell you, you know, obama care is really,
jay carney said that would be giving in to more ransom and something interesting jay carney said during the briefing, anderson, the white house does not want a six-week like increase in the debt ceiling because they feel like that will bring this process, essentially to the point where the nation might be on the edge of default around the holiday shopping season. they don't want that. it's a critical came for the economy. you heart the president's position is basically the same. he wants clean...
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white house press secretary jay carney congratulated the iranian people saying it presents an opportunity for iran to act quickly to resolve the international community's deep concerns over the nuclear program. just last week, both the house and senate expressed concerns over the nuclear ambitions calling for even tougher sanctions. all you have to do is look at the front page of today's "wall street journal" that suggests iran is seeking a new path to build a bomb. u.s. and european officials are now saying the country could be making grade plutonium weapons by next summer. >>> a potential federal criminal probe is under way involving virginia governor bob mcdonnell stemming from thousands of dollars in gifts he received from a major donor. mcdonnell recently said he's returning all the gifts and all the money to johnny williams, ceo of health supplement company health scientific. mcdonnell has not been charged with a crime and he maintains he has not broken the law and did not give star scientific any undue help. >>> in kentucky we have a better idea of what next year's u.s. senate race
white house press secretary jay carney congratulated the iranian people saying it presents an opportunity for iran to act quickly to resolve the international community's deep concerns over the nuclear program. just last week, both the house and senate expressed concerns over the nuclear ambitions calling for even tougher sanctions. all you have to do is look at the front page of today's "wall street journal" that suggests iran is seeking a new path to build a bomb. u.s. and european...
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this hasn't been jay carney's best week or two, unfortunately, for jay. a lot of frustration, note just among reporters and not just among republicans, but as we heard last hour, mika, even among democrats, especially among democrats because the president, obviously, is the de facto leader of their party and how clumsy this white house has been dealing with these three scandals that have hit, if you want to call them scandals, whatever you call them. it depends on where you sit politically and what your definition is, but three these major stories haven't been handled well. >> can you imagine the incoming at the white house right now? mike barnicle and steve rattner still bus. joining us from washington the host "hardball" chris matthews. also editorial director of the national journal group ron fourniey and with us editor of "the daily beast" tina brown. we have a great crew to talk about these scandals. do we start with the irs again? i think is the question. >> i want to start quickly before we jump in, i want to start quickly with today's lead editori
this hasn't been jay carney's best week or two, unfortunately, for jay. a lot of frustration, note just among reporters and not just among republicans, but as we heard last hour, mika, even among democrats, especially among democrats because the president, obviously, is the de facto leader of their party and how clumsy this white house has been dealing with these three scandals that have hit, if you want to call them scandals, whatever you call them. it depends on where you sit politically and...
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. >> here's jay carney responding to the report in the book coming out tuesday. >> it's important to know that campaigns and pollsters as part of campaigns test a lot of things. what i can tell you without a doubt is that the president never considered that and had anyone brought that idea to him, he would have laughed it out of the room. joe biden has been an asset to this president in two campaigns and throughout five years of this administration. >> well, chris cillizza is an msnbc contributor. and michael scherer for "time" magazine. chris, i want you to first get in on this. there's one way to play it down. i guess that's what bill daly was doing. not denying it. the key is he accepted the fact of this book that there was a set of focus groups taken, there was money spent to try to decide whether to dump the vice president who was close to bill daly personally and close to the president. they were that worried that they conducted all this research to dump him. and then they decided after getting the research, not deciding ahead of time we love this guy. but after the research sa
. >> here's jay carney responding to the report in the book coming out tuesday. >> it's important to know that campaigns and pollsters as part of campaigns test a lot of things. what i can tell you without a doubt is that the president never considered that and had anyone brought that idea to him, he would have laughed it out of the room. joe biden has been an asset to this president in two campaigns and throughout five years of this administration. >> well, chris cillizza is...
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where is that frustration coming from we see with jay carney? >> a lot of the frustration from those of us in the press corps is that you hear the white house -- both the president and his advisers acknowledging that there is confusion, that there is misinformation that's out there about the health care law but not acknowledging their role in creating the confusion. not acknowledging that some of this comes from their statements and explanations. in talking about the politics of it and their bunker mentality, you have senate democrats, particularly who are in these red states saying to the white house, maybe we need to hold on. you even had dianne feinstein who said to the chief of oh staff that maybe they should take down the website while they are solving the problems. from the white house perspective taking down the website or holding off for six months even if the end result. they don't want to be seen as having to admit that this simply isn't working. i will say quickly there is a thing republicans have to worry about. if everyone acknowled
where is that frustration coming from we see with jay carney? >> a lot of the frustration from those of us in the press corps is that you hear the white house -- both the president and his advisers acknowledging that there is confusion, that there is misinformation that's out there about the health care law but not acknowledging their role in creating the confusion. not acknowledging that some of this comes from their statements and explanations. in talking about the politics of it and...
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white house press secretary jay carney indicated that the president would sign a short-term debt ceiling increase, but he wants to see the bill first. that's very critical in the eyes of this white house. and that raised a very big question that played out in the white house briefing room earlier this afternoon and that is, will the president accept a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling but at the same time, not have a bill that goes along with it that reopens the government. it took awhile but here's how carney answered the question. >> the president would at the very least sign that bill even though you haven't seen it, a clean debt ceiling bill to raise the nation's debt limit? >> clean debt limit bill is passed, he would likely sign it. again, we would have to see it. we have seen nothing. we haven't seen a bill yet. we haven't seen what the speaker is going to put forward. again, you're asking me hypothetical. again, we would have to see it. we're speaking of a bill that does not at this point exist. >> again, since we have seen nothing from the republicans yet, beyond a very br
white house press secretary jay carney indicated that the president would sign a short-term debt ceiling increase, but he wants to see the bill first. that's very critical in the eyes of this white house. and that raised a very big question that played out in the white house briefing room earlier this afternoon and that is, will the president accept a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling but at the same time, not have a bill that goes along with it that reopens the government. it took awhile...
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but jay carney and others signaled that obviously everyone is watching this. no one wants to disadvantage people. what we shouldn't do is allow it to become fodder for people who want to gut it from the beginning. >> unbelievable to hear the crocodile tears, people can't get health care fast enough when they have done everything they can to make sure they can't get it at all. >> let's listen to what mitch mcconnell said this weekend. >> even if you were lucky enough, bob, to get on to sign up you are going to find fewer choices and higher premiums. >> ezra klein, fewer choices, higher premiums. the mantra. of the republicans. >> an interesting important change. the republican, actual argument about the affordable care act, the problems they're having are not good ones for republicans right? not a great problem to have that your website is broken. because the answer is you should fedex your website and go on about your business. that is the problem republicans need the affordable care act to have. premiums have shot up. choices have convicted. they need their p
but jay carney and others signaled that obviously everyone is watching this. no one wants to disadvantage people. what we shouldn't do is allow it to become fodder for people who want to gut it from the beginning. >> unbelievable to hear the crocodile tears, people can't get health care fast enough when they have done everything they can to make sure they can't get it at all. >> let's listen to what mitch mcconnell said this weekend. >> even if you were lucky enough, bob, to...
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we heard from jay carney at the white house briefing. we've had democrats meeting with the president and republicans are about to come. things are moving rather quickly. we don't have specific legislative proposals from the republicans. but all of the signs are that they are moving toward a deal with the president, which from their point of view will alleviate some of the pounding they've been taking from the public over this standoff. and from everybody's point of view, would obviate the threat to the economy as well as the effect on individuals from the government shutdown, guys. >> that little trust between these two sides, that the government has to be open in order to discuss the debt, i mean, if the republicans say, look, we are going to get this done, reopen the government by tuesday, knowing that we are talking about the debt limit, but the president says, no, no, no. i'm not even going to discuss it until i actually see the government reopen, is there that little trust that we can't just get on with things? move toward opening t
we heard from jay carney at the white house briefing. we've had democrats meeting with the president and republicans are about to come. things are moving rather quickly. we don't have specific legislative proposals from the republicans. but all of the signs are that they are moving toward a deal with the president, which from their point of view will alleviate some of the pounding they've been taking from the public over this standoff. and from everybody's point of view, would obviate the...
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the california republican had also tough words for white house press secretary jay carney. tick a look. >> and the administration is still the spokesperson picture behind, he is making up things about what happens in calling this local rogue. there is no indication. the reason that lois tried to take the fifth is not because there is a rogue in cincinnati. it's because this is a problem that was coordinated in all likelihood out of washington headquarters and we are beginning to prove it. >> yep. >> what do you think? >> i think darrell issa hurts himself and his cause more than jay carney at the white house when he calls him a paid liar. >> i agree. >> there is so much that is working against jay right now. >> let it breathe. >> right. he said things that we have said. clearly not in line with the facts. they are not true. anything that i can conclude and you have to pull back. you can't say things like that. i know it's frustrating. they would come to that same committee and they wouldn't tell the truth. so many times where you say oh, my god. they are lying through their
the california republican had also tough words for white house press secretary jay carney. tick a look. >> and the administration is still the spokesperson picture behind, he is making up things about what happens in calling this local rogue. there is no indication. the reason that lois tried to take the fifth is not because there is a rogue in cincinnati. it's because this is a problem that was coordinated in all likelihood out of washington headquarters and we are beginning to prove it....
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congressman darrell issa, senator paul rand and white house correspondent jay carney. we will keep you updated all along the way. we have the shutdown covered from all angles this morning. let's start with brianna keilar at the white house. good morning, brianna. >> chris, good morning to you. as we headed toward that midnight deadline last night, the white house shut out a memo to its agencies, instructing them to execute their plans for an orderly shutdown. this morning, congress remains at an impasse. overnight, president obama released a message to the troops. >> you and your families deserve better than the dysfunction we're seeing in congress. >> after signing a bill into law agreed upon by congress in order to keep paying the military. >> i'll keep working to get congress to reopen our government and get you back to work as soon as possible. >> in a heated floor debate -- >> stand with your country, do you stand for your country or do you want to take it down? >> but failed to reach an agreement to keep the government funded. >> the house has made its position k
congressman darrell issa, senator paul rand and white house correspondent jay carney. we will keep you updated all along the way. we have the shutdown covered from all angles this morning. let's start with brianna keilar at the white house. good morning, brianna. >> chris, good morning to you. as we headed toward that midnight deadline last night, the white house shut out a memo to its agencies, instructing them to execute their plans for an orderly shutdown. this morning, congress...
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jay carney did not tell the truth in the briefing on friday. somebody that knows and likes jay, it was very discouraging. really, it was depressing because you've seen it and i've seen it. people get inside the white house. by the way, i had a talk with a republican friend back in 2005. i went after the bush administration. they weren't telling the truth on something. and somebody very high up pushed back like this and were rough. i said, listen, you've got a decision to make. i've been in washington long enough to know bush is going to lead the white house. you decide today whether you're my friend or not because i'm not going to be your friend afterwards for you pushing back. i said you better also remember you take your integrity with you when this administration ends. they all end. you only rent the office. when i saw jay, i knew him before and know him after, really like the guy, i was really depressed. >> transparency is always what you need in that job so you can be transparent is what you need to do in that place. everybody president is
jay carney did not tell the truth in the briefing on friday. somebody that knows and likes jay, it was very discouraging. really, it was depressing because you've seen it and i've seen it. people get inside the white house. by the way, i had a talk with a republican friend back in 2005. i went after the bush administration. they weren't telling the truth on something. and somebody very high up pushed back like this and were rough. i said, listen, you've got a decision to make. i've been in...
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has, jay carney has in netting information. he has to go door-to-door at the white house as you used to do have to do to figure out the facts. take us inside the white house and why aren't they firing people at the irs having an investigation and getting all of the facts and doing regular briefings? what is the inhibiting that from going faster? >> well, my hunch is what is inhibiting firings is the fact that the irs is compromised largely of only two political appointees which the is way utah want the irs and mostly of civil servants who have a process for firing. having them resign and putting them on leave. she has 30 days to prove she shouldn't be put on leave and essentially fired. there is that process and i'm sure everybody in the white house would love that process to be much, much quicker. i do think the acting irs chief that the president installed a few days ago is clearly making some good and important steps quickly. look. i think in this situation, you know, you always -- if you're a staffer in these situations, yo
has, jay carney has in netting information. he has to go door-to-door at the white house as you used to do have to do to figure out the facts. take us inside the white house and why aren't they firing people at the irs having an investigation and getting all of the facts and doing regular briefings? what is the inhibiting that from going faster? >> well, my hunch is what is inhibiting firings is the fact that the irs is compromised largely of only two political appointees which the is way...
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. >> at the white house today, jay carney said the administration expected glitches in the rollout but didn't expect anything like this. >> as we have been discussing now for some time, we knew and -- and said prior to october 1st, that there would be some -- glitches or hiccups or problems with the rollout of a large scale complex website like health care.gov. what we did not know was that we would encounter the kind of and scale of problem that we have seen. and that's unacceptable. what we -- what we learned upon launch is that the problems with the site were greater than we expected, anticipated, significantly. and significant work needed to be done to fix the problems that. -- that's what is happening. we are 3 1/2 weeks into a 6 month process. the teams in place are making progress every day. >> well, alex wagner, you cannot, don't try it -- you cannot accuse the republicans of pulling out their old 2006 talking points on new health care programs. >> did you ever think there would be a time we wished for old republican talking points, lawrence? >> yes, this is that day. it has co
. >> at the white house today, jay carney said the administration expected glitches in the rollout but didn't expect anything like this. >> as we have been discussing now for some time, we knew and -- and said prior to october 1st, that there would be some -- glitches or hiccups or problems with the rollout of a large scale complex website like health care.gov. what we did not know was that we would encounter the kind of and scale of problem that we have seen. and that's...
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did have one glimmer of what i considered an opening at the white house briefing today when jay carney, when pressed on whether or not there could be any sort of side agreement to a debt limit increase said -- seemed to draw distinction between ideological concessions when democrat as greed the senate would pass a budget or not get paid. you could have some sort of a sidecar agreement that would involve a process for a budget negotiation. again, the two sides together don't see to be joining that conversation with each other, but i think that jay carney left that door open. we could hear more about that in the next few days. >> thank you so much. joining us from capitol hill is kansas republican congressman tim huelskamp, a member of the tea party caucus. thanks for being on the program. >> thank you. >> there's word the white house would be open to a short-term debt limit increase to prevent a debt default. would you accept that? >> we'll see what the president is proposing but we've been sitting here weeks, months, waiting for any type of offer. i'm certain the president would love t
did have one glimmer of what i considered an opening at the white house briefing today when jay carney, when pressed on whether or not there could be any sort of side agreement to a debt limit increase said -- seemed to draw distinction between ideological concessions when democrat as greed the senate would pass a budget or not get paid. you could have some sort of a sidecar agreement that would involve a process for a budget negotiation. again, the two sides together don't see to be joining...
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. >> i'm not sure i believe jay carney about that. to say that it had been under consideration would open the door -- my guess is that was not entirely true. >> others in congress were -- >> i can't imagine any other president do this, the ramifications of this. george w.? george w.? can you imagine what certain people at this network in 2006, in '07 or '08 who have done. at this table can you imagine what mika would be reacting. mika would be killing george w., everybody here on this network would be killing george w., everybody at the "new york times" would be killing george w., every journalist in washington, d.c. would be killing george w. -- >> but also, i mean i think he's put in a horrible position. >> no, he's not. he's president of the united states. he should be smart enough. the guy should be smart enough -- there should be one person to have the guts saying mr. president people are dying, you should not, you need to comfort the nation attack republicans tomorrow. >> are you would think he would have that instinct himself a
. >> i'm not sure i believe jay carney about that. to say that it had been under consideration would open the door -- my guess is that was not entirely true. >> others in congress were -- >> i can't imagine any other president do this, the ramifications of this. george w.? george w.? can you imagine what certain people at this network in 2006, in '07 or '08 who have done. at this table can you imagine what mika would be reacting. mika would be killing george w., everybody here...
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the president didn't say anything that would surprise me or anyone listening to his message and jay carney and other people giving the administration's measure. they are not happy, because of the human cost you referred to. the politics aren't great for the president. they are going to keep playing this hand, i suspect, until the end of this. not only do they think it's the winning hand but there's no other hand for the president to say. that contrasts, of course, with speaker boehner and other republicans who scramble and continue to scramble and try to find a message and set of tactics and maybe even a strategy that will work. >> chuck todd is joining us from the white house. chuck, one of the issues here is how many members of congress, 211 members elected from safe districts on stopping obama care and shutting down the government. >> if you recall there were more votes passed for democrats running for congress than republicans yet mitt romney carried more congressional districts than barack obama did, even though the election wasn't that close in the overall national popular. gives you
the president didn't say anything that would surprise me or anyone listening to his message and jay carney and other people giving the administration's measure. they are not happy, because of the human cost you referred to. the politics aren't great for the president. they are going to keep playing this hand, i suspect, until the end of this. not only do they think it's the winning hand but there's no other hand for the president to say. that contrasts, of course, with speaker boehner and other...
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. >> it sounded like as the day wore on, that president obama through his press spokesman jay carney was willing to accept the house original deal that there would be a debt ceiling increase, the cr so-called, or the shutdown would not be over just yet. did they change their view in the white house? >> no. this is the final negotiation stage right now. there is significant progress today and at the president's recent press conference. the president has signaled a willingness to do a short-term debt ceiling extension. so have house republicans today. john boehner unveiled it at his conference this morning. the question is how do you close the narrowing gap between these two sides. that's what is being hashed out tonight between the staffs. >> excuse me, larry, i was going to ask robert if i might, robert, what does the gop get in return here? does the gop get some sort of pledge unwritten that the administration and the democrats will negotiate over budget and entitlement reform, tax reform, or what? what do they get in return for yielding on the debt limit? >> key player to watch rig
. >> it sounded like as the day wore on, that president obama through his press spokesman jay carney was willing to accept the house original deal that there would be a debt ceiling increase, the cr so-called, or the shutdown would not be over just yet. did they change their view in the white house? >> no. this is the final negotiation stage right now. there is significant progress today and at the president's recent press conference. the president has signaled a willingness to do a...
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jay carney says the president is disappointed. he wants to meet with all the republicans, not just a delegation, but as of now that's who's coming to this meeting tomorrow, maria. >> why do you think he wants them all, eamon? >> it's an interesting question. some speculated one thing the president could do if he had all republicans in the room at the same time, ask for a show of hand and ask how many of them support a clean cr. that number who might raise their hands could be an embarrassingly large number. other embarrassing situations could develop like a large majority of republicans could say, they're not coming to the white house. the speaker might want to prevent that from happening and not have any diplomacy occur fluffles before the debt ceiling. >> thank you very much. with washington at a standsill, wouldn't it be great if the debt ceiling could be raised without a vote? back in 1979 there was something called the again hard rule, eliminating debt ceiling votes and deemed the debt ceiling would be raised. it was abolishe
jay carney says the president is disappointed. he wants to meet with all the republicans, not just a delegation, but as of now that's who's coming to this meeting tomorrow, maria. >> why do you think he wants them all, eamon? >> it's an interesting question. some speculated one thing the president could do if he had all republicans in the room at the same time, ask for a show of hand and ask how many of them support a clean cr. that number who might raise their hands could be an...
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joining us now, white house press secretary jay carney. jay, good morning. good to have you back on the show. >> thanks, mika. it's great to be here. >> is it? >> absolutely. >> are you sure? >> it's a great morning, yes, it is. >> it is a great morning. he's a positive guy. i know the president is making a speech today on jobs and the economy. what will be different about this speech? what will be groundbreaking? what could help change the course of the numbers we've been talking about here? >> first of all, it's certainly not about poll numbers, except for when it comes to americans' frustration with what's happening in washington. if you look at where the president is versus where the republicans in congress are, i think you have a clear understanding of where that frustration is focused, one. two, the president will go back to galsburg, illinois, today to deliver a speech on where we need to move the economy, where we need to focus in washington. it shouldn't be on the phony scandals that have consumed so much attention here all to come to naught. it sho
joining us now, white house press secretary jay carney. jay, good morning. good to have you back on the show. >> thanks, mika. it's great to be here. >> is it? >> absolutely. >> are you sure? >> it's a great morning, yes, it is. >> it is a great morning. he's a positive guy. i know the president is making a speech today on jobs and the economy. what will be different about this speech? what will be groundbreaking? what could help change the course of the...
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i don't understand jay carney's logic. we are in this new age where we only have our guy take the pictures. >> i agree. i think it should be a pool cam. >> you should be embarrassed. >> why? get selfies. there should be a camera and i understand it's too much to have everybody. do you want a web cam? they have their guy. you bring this up. >> grumpy. >> you bring up this selfie thing. let's talk about the selfie thing. if you are at the cell briebratf somebody's life as a governor and you have somebody from another state saying hey, let's take a selfie and everybody is celebrating. they go like this, would you put that away or smile for the selfie? >> sit there and smile. >> what's the big deal about the selfie. the fact that we are wasting time discussing this? >> we haven't done the story, but people are froeking out onlio online. that he took a selfie. you are so grumpy today. look! >> talk to the hand. look at that. >> it's a celebration. i don't think that the criticism is necessary and people are trying to critique h
i don't understand jay carney's logic. we are in this new age where we only have our guy take the pictures. >> i agree. i think it should be a pool cam. >> you should be embarrassed. >> why? get selfies. there should be a camera and i understand it's too much to have everybody. do you want a web cam? they have their guy. you bring this up. >> grumpy. >> you bring up this selfie thing. let's talk about the selfie thing. if you are at the cell briebratf somebody's...
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we'll talk exclusively to jay carney. "the washington post" booed woodward will join us and later, joe, did you order this up? >> i did. i did. i saw him on some program. he's growing things. >> what? >> he's growing things like, you know, like the much bigger scale. >> healthy organic plants? >> i think so. it's sort of a breaking bad cable news style sort of thing. except i don't think he has got cancer. this guy was the best in his day when everything was melting down, willie geist, do you remember? he came on and he talked about what people did in their bed. do you remember that, willie? >> i do. >> they messed their bed. he said dylan what happened on wall street? everybody just messed their bed except he didn't say mess. >> he said they are having -- >> dylan ratigan will be here thanks to joe. >> i like that. come on this show. i'll be in the caribbean. >> exactly. up next -- >> money party. i love that. >> that's a money party. up next the top stories in "the politico" playbook. but first here's bill karins with a
we'll talk exclusively to jay carney. "the washington post" booed woodward will join us and later, joe, did you order this up? >> i did. i did. i saw him on some program. he's growing things. >> what? >> he's growing things like, you know, like the much bigger scale. >> healthy organic plants? >> i think so. it's sort of a breaking bad cable news style sort of thing. except i don't think he has got cancer. this guy was the best in his day when everything...
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i think he's put out statements through jay carney that he would never go that far. that he's been very careful in walking the line that has been walked before in terms of presidential power and opportunities and options. >> well, that may be the case. but the government, in general, the administration and the directives that come down from, by tone or other avenues has been to expand government powers and to take, take some leeway here and there with certain, like for example the irs investigations of tea party people. i mean, i think we are all aware that there's more government overreach than we've experienced before in our personal lives. and i think that's what appeals to ted cruz's, to his constituents. now some of what he -- >> yes, but those people work at -- but kathleen, we're talking about the president here. did he appoint those people at irs or did w? >> apparently the president has nothing to do with anything. >> no. >> he pleads ignorance on everything that comes along in the news these days. >> wasn't that a holdover person? you pointed the case of ir
i think he's put out statements through jay carney that he would never go that far. that he's been very careful in walking the line that has been walked before in terms of presidential power and opportunities and options. >> well, that may be the case. but the government, in general, the administration and the directives that come down from, by tone or other avenues has been to expand government powers and to take, take some leeway here and there with certain, like for example the irs...
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. >> so you had jay carney last night. >> yeah. he is still sort of sticking to his very narrow talking point that all they did was read the cia -- >> a very careful line and i think it technically holds up. if you look at the hundred pages of e-mails the white house is not changing the language. the cia is dealing with language changes from the state and the white house is sitting back saying can you guys get this straight? and so that strictly speaking line of the white house didn't change the language i believe the e-mails indicate to be technically true so we have the three big stories, benghazi, the irs, the a.p. >> i think the reporters pressing on this should push him beyond the white house and say, okay. what is your judgment and what is the president's judgment about what you see the state department doing? >> and who is responsible? that is my question. you've got benghazi, you've got the irs, you've got the ap. and the white house response on all three are hey this president woke up one morning, read the newspapers, and
. >> so you had jay carney last night. >> yeah. he is still sort of sticking to his very narrow talking point that all they did was read the cia -- >> a very careful line and i think it technically holds up. if you look at the hundred pages of e-mails the white house is not changing the language. the cia is dealing with language changes from the state and the white house is sitting back saying can you guys get this straight? and so that strictly speaking line of the white...
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jay carney just came out of the white house not too long ago and basically gave the republicans no corner. they said again and again we will not negotiate on the threat of the shutdown. bringing us to the middle of thanksgiving, it won't work as well. he was very firm. the president did talk to john boehner this afternoon. we didn't know exactly what occurred in that conversation. finally boehner got the conversation he wanted. but the president's holding firm that he will not be extorted. now at the end of the day to prevent default, he might give in on something. >> but does -- let's go back -- but here's the -- >> i'm not sure he's there yet. >> here's the tough one. if he signs the six-week, isn't he agreeing to this drum roll and another deadline and another drum roll and another deadline and the threat of more pressure on him to give in to something? >> he may be. but if he's not giving up anything in response to that, just saying these guys need another six weeks to get their act together. and see the numbers plummet more in a wall street journal poll, that's the best we can do now
jay carney just came out of the white house not too long ago and basically gave the republicans no corner. they said again and again we will not negotiate on the threat of the shutdown. bringing us to the middle of thanksgiving, it won't work as well. he was very firm. the president did talk to john boehner this afternoon. we didn't know exactly what occurred in that conversation. finally boehner got the conversation he wanted. but the president's holding firm that he will not be extorted. now...
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yesterday it was rather tense tweens jay carney and -- tense between jay carney and ed henry. henry was calling into question what the secretary of homeland security said presequester. you take 5,000 agents away, america will be less safe. here's the ying and yang from yesterday. >> the secretary said people are going to be less safe because people are crossing the border. they said yesterday they are not doing that. i'm not saying it's not important. i'm saying are you scaring the public? >> you're enormously editorializing -- >> february 25, she said if you have 5,000 fewer patrol borders or agents, you have 5,000 fewer patrol agents. that has a real impact. >> the impact of the sequester will not all be immediate. if you can predict to me when the sequester will end, if it will end, when republicans will make the fateful decision to fund border patrol agents or fund our national security interests or fund head start at appropriate levels and -- rather than continue to extend tax breaks to the wealthy and well-connected, tell me when that happens and then we can assess what
yesterday it was rather tense tweens jay carney and -- tense between jay carney and ed henry. henry was calling into question what the secretary of homeland security said presequester. you take 5,000 agents away, america will be less safe. here's the ying and yang from yesterday. >> the secretary said people are going to be less safe because people are crossing the border. they said yesterday they are not doing that. i'm not saying it's not important. i'm saying are you scaring the...
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well, white house secretary jay carney said the exchange didn't happen. and john boehner and eric cantor and their bosses say it didn't happen. make no mistake, this president has been subjected to disrespect. joining me from mother jones magazine, cynthia, i believe dick durbin's a responsible man. when you say something like that, it staggers me. it must have staggered him when he heard it. i do understand why the white house would not want to make a big issue out of it because in a way certain insults are truly insulting, even if they were delivered which a bad person. they hurt both sides. your thought? >> the reason why this remark is so plausible is because there has been so much disrespect hurled at the president. i, too, understand why obama would like to minimize this and say it didn't happen. perhaps he's gotten used to it. you know, they have called the man everything but a child of god. but we know for a fact that joe wilson yelled out, you lie, during the middle of a president alaba address to congress. we know for a fact that ever since the
well, white house secretary jay carney said the exchange didn't happen. and john boehner and eric cantor and their bosses say it didn't happen. make no mistake, this president has been subjected to disrespect. joining me from mother jones magazine, cynthia, i believe dick durbin's a responsible man. when you say something like that, it staggers me. it must have staggered him when he heard it. i do understand why the white house would not want to make a big issue out of it because in a way...
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white house press secretary jay carney will join us. you better be good. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] eeny, meeny, miny, go. more adventures await in the lexus lx, rx, and new seven-passenger gx. dare to be spontaneous. and new seven-passenger gx. so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there ar24/7.branches? i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum! (cat screech) you feel that in your muscles? i do... drink water. it's a long story. well, not having branches let's us give you great rates and service. i'd like that. a new way to bank. a better way to save. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >> welcome back to "morning joe." this storm has taken six lives and the journey across the country and moving from baltimore to philadelphia to new york city. at least 76 plates canceled. la guardia airport reporting three hour delays and philadelphia two hour delays. the line of storm, the red line is across pennsylvania. now arriving towards the philadelphia su
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waiting to hear from jay carney. ma joerd leader harry reids he's poised for a deal to extend the debt ceiling until january of next year. but clearly the pressure is on republicans, including the last two polls saying bottom line, the republican brand is at an all-time low because of the government shutdown and what appears to be a failed strategy thus far. maria? >> thanks so much. of course this all started with a late day meeting at the white house with the president and a few key republican house members. >>. >> our guest coming up was one of those members at the white house, buck mckeon. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> we heard words like productive and cordial coming out of that meeting. give us your view of what happened in that meeting last night and are discussing continuing today? how do you characterize what's going on right now? >> you know, we've been asking the president to talk to us for weeks now, or months, so i think that it was a good start last night. i agree with both of those words.
waiting to hear from jay carney. ma joerd leader harry reids he's poised for a deal to extend the debt ceiling until january of next year. but clearly the pressure is on republicans, including the last two polls saying bottom line, the republican brand is at an all-time low because of the government shutdown and what appears to be a failed strategy thus far. maria? >> thanks so much. of course this all started with a late day meeting at the white house with the president and a few key...